After rebirth, I became a national teacher

After hearing this, He Wang realized how serious a sin he had committed and was terrified.

The leader looked concerned for him and said to him in a low voice:

"Master Tongzhi is fair and strict. Don't think your master can rescue you. Don't think of making up some nonsense to justify yourself, such as being coerced into arson. That will only make your guilt worse!"

"Given the loss of Cihang Temple, if you want to survive, you must not be the main culprit."

He Wang thought that his mother had loyally served the lady for many years and knew that the lady had done many shameful things.

He suffered this misfortune because he was working for his wife, and it is neither right nor reasonable for his wife to abandon him.

As long as he is not sentenced to immediate execution, he should be able to be rescued after the matter is over.

As for Madam, she is a lady of the first rank. Even if such a small matter is pushed onto her, it will not cause any harm.

Therefore, he spoke the truth without any psychological burden.

Zhang was terrified, but knew she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

She tried to calm herself down and shouted:

"You little dog slave! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"How could I possibly order you to kill people and set fire? It's obvious that you hold a grudge against Cihang Temple because of your mother's incident, so you took people to set fire in the name of my wife!"

"If you say that this lady ordered you to go, then you must produce evidence! If there is no evidence, it is a false accusation!"

She even turned around and asked Mr. Yan to help her and punish the slave for his false accusation.

Yan Tongzhi sighed in his heart that this woman was indeed cunning.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, he could not appear to be biased towards Cihang Temple, so he could only follow the procedure and ask He Wang whether he could produce evidence.

This was a shameful matter, and her most trusted confidant, Matron Liu, was not around, so Zhang dismissed her attendants and gave instructions to He Wang alone.

At this moment, He Wang couldn't even point out a witness.

He has no evidence.

Zhang immediately took advantage of the situation and pursued the enemy:

"My lord, it's clear that this lowly slave went out to cause trouble in the name of the Marquis of Jingnan's Mansion. I failed to discipline my subordinates and caused such a great loss to Cihang Temple. I am willing to pay double compensation!"

As if he was very sensible.

She described the serious crimes of murder and arson as lax discipline of subordinates.

At this point, without solid evidence, Yan Tongzhi cannot make a random conviction.

Otherwise, not only would it fail to help the master vent his anger, but the Jingnan Marquisate would also be able to seize the opportunity to use him against them and launch a counterattack.

Although he was unable to convict Zhang, he used very subtle words to pronounce He Wang's crime:

"Criminal He Wang, you said you were not the mastermind, but you couldn't produce any evidence, so I can only treat you as the principal offender!"

As he spoke, he announced that He Wang would be executed immediately and the execution would be carried out ten days later.

All other accomplices were exiled two thousand miles away.

However, the Marquis of Jingnan’s Mansion failed to discipline his subordinates strictly and was fined according to the law and ordered to pay double compensation for the losses of Cihang Temple.

He Wang collapsed on the spot, crying and shouting that he was innocent, and scolded the wife of Marquis Jingnan for being heartless. He committed a capital crime because he followed her instructions, but she just watched him die without saving him!

The people outside the door were also very dissatisfied with the result.

Some people even felt sympathy for He Wang.

It was obvious that he was made a scapegoat for the wife of Marquis Jingnan.

But without evidence, the magistrate could not convict Zhang.

Everyone cursed Zhang as a treacherous and vicious woman with a heart of a vicious snake.

Because of a little negligence, dozens of lives will be lost.

Yet, he committed such a heinous crime but received no punishment at all.

How can the people not be angry?

Zhang escaped unscathed and just heaved a sigh of relief. Under the protection of her servants, she squeezed through the crowd and prepared to leave.

I don't know who started it, but an egg hit her head.

"what!"

Zhang screamed and her face was covered with fishy-smelling eggs.

"How dare you! How dare you attack a lady of the first rank!"

Qingliu shouted angrily.

However, what greeted them was even more violent smashing and looting.

Without the order from the Tongzhi, the yamen runners present were unwilling to get involved in this matter.